DHS slams NYT for story on rapist of corpse on NYC subway: ‘Refused to mention’ he’s an ‘ILLEGAL'

 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) slammed The New York Times Saturday over a story about a suspect who allegedly raped a corpse on a New York City subway, saying the reporters failed to mention the man was in the US illegally.

“The New York Times refused to mention anywhere in its 400-word story on the monstrous rape of a corpse on the NYC subway that the depraved perpetrator is an ILLEGAL alien,” Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, wrote on X. “Why not report the facts, @nytimes?”

Fox News Digital has reached out to The New York Times for comment. 

Several other outlets also failed to report on Rojas’ immigration status, and The Post reported that his immigration status was unknown at the time of its story Tuesday about the incident.

On Friday, The Post followed up with a separate story reporting that Rojas was in the US illegally. 

DHS issued a news release announcing Rojas’ ICE detainer May 1, three days after the Times story, which does not appear to have been updated with his immigration status since Monday.

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Felix Rojas appears in Manhattan Criminal Court on two counts of rape of a human corpse in Manhattan on April 29, 2025.Curtis Means for Dailymail.com

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Felix Rojas was identified as the man suspected of assaulting the corpse aboard the R train in Manhattan on April 9, 2025.DCPI

The Times hasn’t written any additional stories about Rojas since. 

According to DHS, Rojas, who illegally entered the country multiple times dating back to 1998, was arrested in New York City and charged with rape and grand larceny for allegedly raping a corpse on a subway in Manhattan.

A man who died of natural causes on the R train was slumped over in a seat, the NYPD told Fox News.

Rojas allegedly rummaged through the man’s pockets and then had sex with the man’s dead body after looking around to see if anyone was watching, police say.

Investigators are now looking into the possibility he could be linked to other crimes across the city.

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Felix Rojas was identified by security cameras wearing a blue Los Angeles Dodgers hat and yellow sweatshirt during the suspected rape.DCPI
“With impunity, open-border policies have allowed violent criminal aliens to terrorize America’s towns and cities,” McLaughlin said in a statement. “Under President Trump and Secretary [Kristi] Noem’s leadership, ICE is working around the clock to remove the worst of the worst from our communities. If you are here illegally and break the law, we will hunt you down, arrest you and lock you up.” 

https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/us-news/dhs-slams-nyt-for-story-about-sicko-who-raped-corpse-on-nyc-subway-refused-to-mention-hes-an-illegal-alien/

Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine During the 2024-2025 Respiratory Viral Season

 View ORCID ProfileNabin K. Shrestha, Patrick C. Burke, Amy S. Nowacki, Steven M. Gordon

doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.30.25321421

ABSTRACT

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine during the 2024-2025 respiratory viral season.

Methods Employees of Cleveland Clinic in employment in Ohio on October 1, 2024, were included. The cumulative incidence of influenza among those in the vaccinated and unvaccinated states was compared over the following 25 weeks. Protection provided by vaccination (analyzed as a time-dependent covariate) was evaluated using Cox proportional hazards regression.

Results Among 53402 employees, 43857 (82.1%) had received the influenza vaccine by the end of the study. Influenza occurred in 1079 (2.02%) during the study. The cumulative incidence of influenza was similar for the vaccinated and unvaccinated states early, but over the course of the study the cumulative incidence of influenza increased more rapidly among the vaccinated than the unvaccinated. In an analysis adjusted for age, sex, clinical nursing job, and employment location, the risk of influenza was significantly higher for the vaccinated compared to the unvaccinated state (HR, 1.27; 95% C.I., 1.07 – 1.51; P = 0.007), yielding a calculated vaccine effectiveness of −26.9% (95% C.I., −55.0 to −6.6%).

Conclusions This study found that influenza vaccination of working-aged adults was associated with a higher risk of influenza during the 2024-2025 respiratory viral season, suggesting that the vaccine has not been effective in preventing influenza this season.

Summary Among 53402 working-aged Cleveland Clinic employees, we were unable to find that the influenza vaccine has been effective in preventing infection during the 2024-2025 respiratory viral season.

Competing Interest Statement

The authors have declared no competing interest.

Funding Statement

This study did not receive any funding

Author Declarations

I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.

Yes

The details of the IRB/oversight body that provided approval or exemption for the research described are given below:

The study was approved by the Cleveland Clinic Institutional Review Board as exempt research (IRB no. 23-625). A waiver of informed consent and waiver of HIPAA authorization were approved to allow the research team access to the required data.

I confirm that all necessary patient/participant consent has been obtained and the appropriate institutional forms have been archived, and that any patient/participant/sample identifiers included were not known to anyone (e.g., hospital staff, patients or participants themselves) outside the research group so cannot be used to identify individuals.

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I understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. I confirm that any such study reported in the manuscript has been registered and the trial registration ID is provided (note: if posting a prospective study registered retrospectively, please provide a statement in the trial ID field explaining why the study was not registered in advance).

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I have followed all appropriate research reporting guidelines, such as any relevant EQUATOR Network research reporting checklist(s) and other pertinent material, if applicable.

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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.30.25321421v3

Hamas executes looters in Gaza as food crisis worsens under Israeli blockade

 Hamas has executed a number of alleged looters after several incidents in which heavily armed gangs attacked food stores and community kitchens in the Gaza Strip this week, sources close to the Palestinian militant group said.

FILE PHOTO: Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo© Thomson Reuters

Hamas officials have accused some of the looters of working in collaboration with Israel, which has sealed off aid from entering Gaza for the past two months. Israel has not commented on the allegation.

In one incident, the Hamas-run interior ministry said a police officer was killed and others were wounded when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a police unit chasing criminals in Gaza City.

"We will strike with an iron fist all these renegades, and we will take the necessary measures to deter them, no matter the cost, and we will not allow them to continue terrorizing citizens, threatening their lives, and stealing their property," the ministry said in a statement on Saturday, referring to the alleged looters.

FILE PHOTO: Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo© Thomson Reuters

Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of Gaza's Hamas-run government media office, said some of the looters acted under a clan umbrella and others acted as organized groups, some of which he said received direct support from Israel.

He said a number of "revolutionary execution rulings" had been carried out against "several top criminals" proven to have been involved in looting.

Some Gaza residents and Palestinian media said Hamas' armed wing imposed curfews starting at 9 p.m. to restrict the movement of civilians and to chase criminals.

United Nations officials have warned of the increasingly dire humanitarian situation facing Gaza, which has been devastated by the Israeli campaign launched following the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Israel has defended its blockade against aid entering Gaza, alleging that Hamas steals supplies intended for the civilian population and distributes them to its own forces, an allegation that Hamas denies.

However, the problem has worsened as the blockade has persisted, posing a challenge to Hamas, which has faced irregular protests by people in Gaza angered by shortage of food reaching the enclave.

The incidents underlined the strain facing the Gaza population, which has been increasingly squeezed into areas in central Gaza and along the coast as Israeli forces have created wide buffer zones around the enclave.

GANGS TAKE MONEY, PHONES

"Those gangs, some of them armed, have terrorized people, not only stealing food, but stopping some people on the roads and taking away their money and phones," said Ahmed, from Gaza City, who asked that his full name not be used.

"They aid the occupation in starving us; they must be dealt with as collaborators," he told Reuters via a chat app.

SAFA news agency, close to Hamas, said the interior ministry has formed a new 5,000-member force tasked with confronting looters and armed gangs. However, local police forces have been hampered by attacks from Israeli drones against any armed Palestinians they identify.

Hamas deployed thousands of police and security forces across Gaza after a ceasefire took effect in January, but its armed presence shrank sharply since Israel resumed large-scale attacks in March.

Meanwhile, Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 people across the enclave in the past 24 hours, the territory's health ministry said.

Israel's campaign was triggered by the devastating Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, that killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and saw 251 taken hostage. It has so far killed more than 52,500 Palestinians.

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/hamas-executes-looters-in-gaza-as-food-crisis-worsens-under-israeli-blockade/ar-AA1E8NmN